by dap | Nov 25, 2024 | Mediate, News
A panel discussion on ABC’s This Week, on Sunday, got heated after former White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus blasted criticism of President-elect Donald Trump as “hyperbolic nonsense.”
The fireworks started after host Jon Karl questioned Priebus about past criticism of Trump by Tulsi Gabbard — who is Trump’s pick to be Director of National Intelligence. Karl noted comments from former South Carolina governor Nikki Haley — who
“You wouldn’t rise to a rank of… lieutenant colonel if our intelligence agencies thought that somehow she was some kind of Russian asset,” Priebus said. “Which, if people are going to level those charges, they better be darn sure that they’re accurate.”
“Nikki Haley didn’t say that,” Karl said. “She said she was a sympathizer.”
“But it’s all insinuted, OK?!” Priebus shot back. “It’s this cutesy, hyperbolic nonsense coming out of the media and the Democrats who refuse to accept the fact that almost a majority or a majority of Americans have accepted Donald Trump and Trumpism. I think it’s time to give this guy a month of peace and let the process play out.”
The comment elicited laughs and gasps from several this week This Week panelists.
“I don’t know about giving him any peace, child,” said Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX), a fellow panelist. She added, “You signed up to be the President of the United States, and we are definitely at a precipice in this country. And people were hurting and they believe in him. So, no, there should not be any peace over the next four years.”
“You’ve got to give peace to get it,” former New Jersey governor Chris Christie added. And I think what the president needs to show is… that he’s not going to be on the attack constantly against everybody, that he should bring some Democrats in, start to talk to them about the things where they agree, because there are places where they agree. I mean, he and Bernie Sanders agree on a lot of things. So I’m all for having some peace because I think we’re all tired of all the other stuff. But you got to give peace to get it.”
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by dap | Nov 25, 2024 | Mediate, Politics
Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) claimed that her
with the newly-created Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) won’t leave room to “care about people’s feelings,” as she’ll be too busy rooting out institutional waste and doling out “pink slips” to government employees.
Greene appeared on Sunday Morning Futures with Fox News anchor Maria Bartiromo to talk about the yet-to-be created subcommittee that will work with Trump-appointees Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy to “eliminate government waste.”
“We’ll be looking at everything from government-funded media programs like NPR that spread nothing but Democrat propaganda,” Greene began. She continued:
We’ll be going into grant programs that funds things like sex apps in Malaysia, toilets in Africa. All kinds of programs that don’t help the American people. I want to talk t the people at the Pentagon and ask them why they can’t find billions of dollars every single year and why they fail their audit.
But not just that, Maria, I’d like to talk to the governors of sanctuary states and the mayors of sanctuary cities and have them come before our committee and explain why they deserve federal dollars if they’re going to harbor illegal criminal aliens in their states and their cities. We’re going to look in every single aspect. And, we don’t care about people’s feelings; we’re going to be searching for the facts and we’re going to be verifying if this is worth spending the American hard-earned, the American people’s hard-earned tax dollars on.
Kentucky Rep. James Comer (R) appointed Greene last week to lead the subcommittee he’s been tasked with organizing.
, “I’m excited to chair this new subcommittee designed to work hand in hand with President Trump, Elon Musk, Vivek Ramaswamy, and the entire DOGE team. Our subcommittee’s work will expose people who need to be FIRED. The bureaucrats who don’t do their job, fail audits like in the Pentagon, and don’t know where BILLIONS of dollars are going, will be getting a pink slip.”
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by dap | Nov 25, 2024 | Mediate
Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) told CBS News Sunday morning she would “absolutely” support confirming some of President-elect Donald Trump’s cabinet nominees.
has slammed some of Trump’s picks, but she told Face the Nation anchor Margaret Brennan there are a few names she might be eager to help confirm.
Brennan noted polling has shown most Americans support Trump’s handling of his transition to a second term and asked Duckworth if she would work with the incoming president.
“Our polling shows that there is a desire among the American people to see Democrats and Republicans work together in this future Trump administration,” Brennan said.
Brennan noted Trump’s Labor Department pick, Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer (R-OR), had drawn support from some pro-union progressives.
She asked, “Could you see yourself supporting her or any of the other nominees?” Duckworth replied:
Absolutely. You know, what I would need to do is have a chance to sit down and talk with each one of these nominees and listen to them and hear what they have to say. I think that Congressman Collins over at VA, he’s the nominee for VA, is another person I can talk with. In fact, I worked with him when I was in the House a few years back.
I am going to evaluate each one of these candidates based on their ability to do the job and their willingness to put the needs of the American people first and not be on a retribution campaign for Mr. Trump. So it’s about what they’re willing to be independent and do the job that they are being nominated to do. And are they competent and qualified for the position?
The senator
Trump’s Pentagon pick Pete Hegseth, who has expressed his opposition to women serving in military combat roles.
Duckworth lost her legs in combat in Iraq while serving in the Army.
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by dap | Nov 25, 2024 | Mediate
Ukrainian boxing legend Wladimir Klitschko called out podcaster Joe Rogan for pushing “Russian propaganda” by accusing U.S. and Ukrainian leaders of risking “World War III” after President Joe Biden
Ukraine’s use of long-range American missiles in its war against Russia.
During a recent episode of the Joe Rogan Experience, Rogan condemned the escalating U.S. involvement in the war.
“[Ukrainian leader Volodymyr] Zelensky says [Russian leader Vldaimir] Putin is terrified. Fuck you, man. Fuck you, people. You people are about to start World War III,”
. “Maybe that would be a good thing we would like to avoid from a dying former president.”
Klitschko, a former heavyweight champion and a vocal advocate for Ukraine amid Russia’s ongoing invasion, responded directly with a video posted to X.
The former boxer replied: “You talk about these American weapons being sent to Ukraine, which you believe will lead to the Third World War. So, let me tell you that you’re repeating Russian propaganda – Putin’s Russia is in trouble. So they want to scare you and people like you. His war was supposed to last three days; it has lasted three years thanks to the heroism and sacrifice of us Ukrainians.”
He continued: “So you’re using the only weapon that Putin really intends to use: propaganda and this weapon really weakens our democracies. Putin’s Russia wants to destroy Ukraine quietly; they want America to stay quiet – not great. A great America is not an America that abandons countries that defend freedom with their lives.”
Klitschko then offered to appear on Rogan’s podcast to debate the issue “like free men.”
Rogan, who endorsed President-elect Donald Trump in the 2024 election, echoed the critique shared by other MAGA figures like Donald Trump Jr., who slammed Biden’s missile authorization as a deliberate escalation of tensions.
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by dap | Nov 25, 2024 | Fox News, Mediate
confirmed that states that refused to “cooperate” with President-elect Donald Trump’s plans for the mass deportation of illegal immigrants would have their federal funding slashed in retribution.
Since his decisive electoral victory, Trump has reaffirmed his commitment to fulfilling his
of executing the “largest deportation program in American history” on his first day in office.
Homan, who was acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) during Trump’s first administration, appeared on Fox News show Life, Liberty & Levin to speak with host Mark Levin about the plan.
During the interview, Levin suggested that the Trump administration had a “powerful weapon” in the form of federal funding that it could utilize against Democratic states who seek to “block” the policy rolling out.
The host said: “Much like the Confederacy, they want to go on their own. They want to do their own thing. To me, you got a powerful weapon among others, okay, no federal funds – boom – last thoughts?”
In reply, Homan confirmed this kind of retribution was on the table: “And that is going to happen. I guarantee President Trump will do that.”
Continuing he slammed critics of the policy, detailing the death threats he had received since accepting the border czar role.
Second of all, this administration has turned this world upside down. Now I am being attacked, right, I’ve got death threats, my family’s not even living in my home right now. So all of a sudden, the guys who won’t enforce the law, the bad guys, the bad guys who break the law are the victims.
Pivoting to governors pushing back against deportations, he cited the case of Laken Riley, a student murdered in February when out jogging by a 26-year-old Venezuelan who had entered the United States illegally.
For those mayors and those governors who say they’re going to stop ICE from doing their job, stop me from doing this job, listen to the Laken Riley tape. Listen to the 17 minutes of this girl suffering, fighting for her life, fighting for her breath. This little girl didn’t want to die, she fought like hell. Listen to that tape. That happens every day across this country at the hands of an illegal alien.
Repeating his support for Trump and his intention behind the policy, Homan continued:
Finally I’ll say this: President Trump has made it clear, we’re going to prioritize public safety threats and national security threats right out of the gate because they pose the most danger to this country. What governor or mayor doesn’t want public safety threats and national security threats out of their neighborhoods, out of their communities? That’s their number one responsibility.
So, you can hate Trump all you want, but you’ve got to love your community more than you hate President Trump.
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by dap | Nov 25, 2024 | Cato Institute
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